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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Oh dear MWC, that is a lot of people. From a selfish point of view, at least you weren't worrying about it for weeks. Does that mean you will be safe for a while now? Does Brexit have any impact do you think?A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Oh MWC, I would guess you have mixed feelings - glad it wasn't you but "survivors guilt" for those who were made redundant. At least you weren't worrying for too long.0
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I wouldn't be surprised if there were more job losses before the end of the year - I still think my department is overstaffed. There's a Global Town Hall this afternoon so I may find out more then... and the names of those affected will start trickling through
The financial hoohah after Brexit has actually been good for our share price :huh:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Finished work at lunchtime :j Went to the gym, had a facial & shoulder massage, renewed my car insurance (stayed with same insurance company after asking for and getting a 10% discount) and pottered in the garden - lovely
It's going to be a bumper year for gooseberries - 600g harvested from 1 bush and loads left to pick :T
Thai black rice, watermelon & feta salad for dinner :drool: lime juice & olive oil dressing, lots of mint and toasted pumpkin seeds. The rice had been bought on a whim over a year ago
I'm going to try using cash, rather than plastic, this month in an attempt to reduce spends... so far, so good but I haven't been near a shop yet :rotfl:
Eggs IN 5.5 (Miss B laid a little 29g white egg)
Eggs OUT 20 (3 boxes sold for £5, 2 fried for Mr MWC's lunch)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Sorry to hear of the redundancies MWC.June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!0
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Just catching up, MWC - thats a lot of redundancies in one go I bet you needed that massage.
Gooseberry harvest sounds good! I have one bush, which I've never actually harvested, I hope to get a better crop this year because of it. And that meal with the Thai black rice sounds divine! Hope that will help you have a relaxing weekend away from all the unpleasantness at work.2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Sorry to hear about the redundancies, never a nice thing to go through even when you keep your job.
Watermelon and feta is one of my favourite combinations Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
Make £2021 extra income - £99.750 -
Thanks everyone - it turns out that the 200 headcount reduction was made up of 100 temporary contracts or vacancies + 100 permanent members of staff.
I've spent £52.98 of my cash - over half on fruit & veg :eek: + £8.91 on chicken treats. I still need to buy a shoulder of pork tomorrow and more F&V and milk midweek. I've also used a £5 garden club loyalty voucher and 99p of Mr MWC's money on a bag of ericaceous compost to pot up 3 free blueberry plants.
Mr MWC made French onion soup for lunch using the HM beef stock, stale crusty bread leftover from last weekend and the last of the stinky sheep's cheese we brought back from Portugal :drool:
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Eggs IN 6
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Just catching up on things. Thanks for the holiday pics - looks fab! Bet it seems like a lifetime ago now huh?
Sorry to hear about the redundancies at work Makes things feel very different doesn't it? There has been similar at my place this year and it made for a strange atmosphere.
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Thanks for the holiday pics - looks fab! Bet it seems like a lifetime ago now huh?
Does it ever!!! Now we're looking forward to a weekend on the IoW in August, a long weekend in Chicago in September and Christmas in Toronto
I've been to the gym and walked into town to buy the pork shoulder (£4.56) + cotton wool (189 points). Now my initial burst of energy has deserted me and I still need to mow the lawn, clean the chicken coop and deadhead/tidy the garden...Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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